02774nam a22003137a 4500 BJBSDDR 20260622160322.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 260501s2025 oru|||||r|||| 00| 0 eng d 9781665019811 1665019816 eng BJBSDDR eng QB 52 T994j 2025 Tyson, Neil deGrasse, 1958- 6085 Just visiting this planet : further scientific adventures of Merlin from Omniscia / Neil deGrasse Tyson ; illustrations by Stephen J. Tyson. Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century Ashland, Oregon : Blackstone Publishing, 2025 xi, 331 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Includes index Preface Introduction Your home zone: earth and its cosmic environment Planets, moons, and cosmic debris: the rest of the solar system Stars, near and far: the sun and its stellar siblings Galaxies, near and far: the Milky Way and its galactic cousins A look at the day sky: for those who sleep at night A look at the night sky: for those who sleep in the day The world of light: a key to cosmic knowledge The world of physical laws: some of the ways in which the universe works Time & space: you've never experienced one without the other Our universe: up close and personal One step beyond: reaching and exceeding the bounds of imagination The world of Merlin: getting intimate with the omniscian Appendix: Some of Merlin's friends and acquaintances Acknowledgments Index From Neil deGrasse Tyson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, comes a spirited journey to the planets and stars, revealing the answers to many mysteries of our galaxy and beyond. In this companion volume to Merlin's Tour of the Universe, we visit again with Merlin, a timeless space traveler from Planet Omniscia, who answers a collection of imaginative questions about the cosmos from curious stargazers. Whether waxing poetic about Earth and its environs, the Sun and its stellar siblings, the world of light, physical laws, or galaxies near and far, Merlin's remarks are engaging, humorous, and clear as a starry night sky. Merlin tackles such conundrums as: If aliens exploded Earth's moon, what effect would it have on us? Are black holes gathering matter in preparation for another Big Bang in another time and dimension? Why does the Moon look bigger on the horizon? Lively and entertaining, Just Visiting This Planet is an indispensable guidebook to the universe Astronomía 6080 Astrofísica 6086 Tyson, Stephen J. illustrator 48266 lcc BK llh 126990 126990 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2026-05-01 0 QB 52 T994j 2025 00000200069 2026-05-01 15:39:00 1 2026-05-01 BK